Oaklawn Elementary School
Newsletter - November 2026
Leaves are falling! The weather is cooling down… Autumn has arrived! Please make sure your child is dressed appropriately for the weather each day. The rule at Oaklawn is:
-Above 60 degrees- short sleeves or student choice
-Between 50-59 degrees- long sleeves
-Below 50 degrees: Light jacket
-Between 40 and 50 degrees - Light jacket/Heavy jacket
As it gets below 40 degrees, students should be bringing a winter jacket, along with a hat and gloves. If your child is in need of anything, please reach out to see if there is something we have at Oaklawn for your child.
Do you recognize any of these items? If you see anything that belongs to your child, please have them stop by the Lost and Found next to the office.
Please note:
We will no longer have paper lunch menus provided here at school. You are free to download the attached menu here. You can also download the Nutrislice App to have the daily menu accessible on your phone. Check out our Food Service Page for more information.
Phy. Ed:
Simon Rates participating the game Battleship with his 3rd grade peers. The students have been working on their overhand throwing and teamwork skills.
Kindergarten:
This month, students will grow as readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, and thinkers. In literacy, they’ll practice letter sounds and blending while exploring inspiring stories about underdogs and heroes. In math, they’ll build number sense through counting, comparing, addition, and subtraction. We’ll finish our Wild Weather unit, learn about identity and what makes each of us unique, and focus on gratitude. Oh and watch out! You never know when you will see one of our turkeys in disguise!
1st Grade:
First grade celebrated the end of their Knowledge Unit about the Systems of the Body by making hand skeleton pictures. We traced the bones of the hand and then used vegetable oil and dark crayons to "draw" the bones of the hand on the paper. It was a really fun craft that let us show off everything we had learned about the skeletal system.
3rd Grade:
Third grade is beginning a new CKLA unit about poetry where the students will learn about key poetry elements and even have the opportunity to write their own poems. In math students are learning how to pick out the best multiplication strategy for a given problem and about the connections between graphs and data. As a reminder, no school for students November 13th, and Thanksgiving break is November 25th-November 27th.
4th Grade:
Fourth grade learning and events in November 2026:
- Symphony field trip - Wednesday, Nov 11, 2026 in the morning (no chaperones needed for this one)
- No School for Students- Friday, November 13, 2026- Staff Professional Development
- No School for Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, Nov 25, Thursday, November 26, and Friday, Nov 27, 2026
- Math - students will begin Unit 3 - Fractions and Decimals
- CKLA - students will be finishing up Medieval Times and beginning Unit 3- Poetry (Mrs. Cater has been working with our Literacy IST on getting out Caregiver letters for Unit 1, as there have been errors on Amplify/CKLA’s end -thank you for being patient).
- Science: WAVES OF SOUND: Students are learning how sound waves travel from one place to another and they will build an instrument to bring to the Youth Symphony.
- Social Studies - students will learn about the Revolutionary War and how the French and Indian War led to an American Revolution.
5th Grade:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iIzl7g1mwRf16CeD9qbJZv_h9Q_lVczK
Art :
- Kindergarten: Exploring how to use different art supplies through a mixed media alphabet soup project.
- 1st grade: Focusing on color theory by identifying the primary colors and creating secondary colors by mixing paint.
- 2nd grade: Exploring the art of collage by creating a Henri Matisse inspired artwork.
- 3rd grade: Learned about the work of Yayoi Kusama and created a polka-dot pumpkin.
- 4th grade: Focusing on how to create value with drawing pencils by creating a value milkshake.
- 5th grade: Creating self-portraits inspired by the work of Tim Burton.
Music:
- Kindergarten: Students are practicing keeping the steady beat and began learning to clap two sounds on a beat.
- 1st Grade: Students are practicing using their best singing voices for the winter concert.
- 2nd Grade: Students are practicing using their best singing voices for the winter concert.
- 3rd Grade: Students are learning about musical form by moving to show the difference between contrasting sections.
- 4th Grade: Students are learning to use their listening ears to play instruments at an appropriate dynamic level so that all parts can be heard.
- 5th Grade: Students are learning about the pentatonic scale and how it is used in a variety of different music styles. Some of the students are also practicing for the Oshkosh Sings Choir Festival.
